Mirai Nagasu Quotes
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Not only would my parents work full hours, my parents both woke up at 5 A.M. My dad left the house at 5 A.M. to go to the fish market to pick out his own fish, and my mom woke up at 5 A.M. to wake me up in order to get me ready for skating before school.
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There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up.
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When I come home from training, my attention immediately has to focus on my school courses, which helps keep the stress level balanced. I mostly balance both by drinking a lot of coffee and making sure I time manage well, which doesn't happen all the time, especially during finals week.
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My mom is really dedicated to me. She drives me to school and skating, wakes up for me, and I'm just really appreciative.
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I think I would be bored if I were winning all the time, even though it would be nice.
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For the American culture to evolve and include Asians is so amazing.
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I have always believed that I am an amazing skater regardless of what the results say, and I think that determination and confidence has kept me in the game so long.
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On a normal day, I would wake up at 7:00 A.M. and spend about three to four hours training every day. But all of that depends on my school schedule. School and classes usually run from 8:00-10:40 A.M., but not before I've had a coffee for breakfast.
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I'm a solo skater; the sport can be lonely.
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Sometimes, it's hard for me to communicate my discomfort because I want to be respectful. At the same time, I've learned that you have to ask people on your team to help you out.
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I think every brilliant mind is a little bit crazy.
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For my dad to say he's proud of me - in English - is a really big deal.
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I feel like the worst has happened to me, so what better person to skate to 'Madame Butterfly' than me?
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It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given.
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As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability.
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I get about seven hours of sleep a night.
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I'm great at dishwashing.
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To all the little girls out there, I would tell them to really appreciate what their parents do for them. And also to truly believe in their dream. If they truly believe that they're capable, things will happen for them - as long as they put in the work, of course.
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I'm really good at window shopping, or I'll go into a store and just choose one thing.
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In the history of sport in general, people stick around. Look at Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn just continue on, Olympic cycle after Olympic cycle; that is why they are famous.
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I was always getting in trouble for whispering in class.
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I've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.
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I tell my boyfriend that... we should get a ranch so we can just adopt all the dogs that need homes, and they can just run around all day.
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Although there's a stigma that you learn only until a certain point, and then you just maintain, for me to learn the triple axel at 24 goes to show that anything's possible.